AGNIESZKA KWAPISZ FEBRUARY 2014 Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 (406) 994-4799 akwapisz@montana.edu http://www2.montana.edu/akwapisz/main.htm EDUCATION Ph.D. Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2000 (ranked 4 th in Public Finance and Budgeting by U.S. News and World Report ranking of graduate programs; 2012) M.S. Mathematics, University of Gdansk, Poland, 1993 WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Montana State University, Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, (2013 present) Visiting Professor, Montana State University, College of Business, Bozeman, Montana, (2005-2013) Research Associate, Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana, (2001-2007) Adjunct Professor, Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana, (2001-2004) Research Assistant, Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, (1996-1997) Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Economics, (1995) Assistant Professor, University of Gdansk, Poland, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Informational Systems (1993-1994) REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Triggers of Organizational Change: duration, previous changes, and environment, RJCM Journal of Change Management, accepted Differential Gender Performance on the Major Field Test Business (with F. William Brown), Journal of Education for Business 88(3): 159-166, January 2013 Software Applications Course as an early indicator of academic performance (with Harry C. Benham and F. William Brown), Research in Higher Education Journal 19: 1-16; 2012 The impact of intellectual heterogeneity on academic performance in business education (with F. William Brown), Research in Higher Education Journal 16:1-15, July 2012 Published, not Perished, but Has Anybody Read It? Citation success of finance research articles., Applied Financial Economics 22(20):1679-1695, October 2012
Is Higher Better? Determinants and Comparisons of Performance on the Major Field Test-Business (with F. William Brown and Richard J. Semenik), Journal of Education for Business, 87 (3): 159-169, 2012 Interpreting Standardized Assessment Test Scores and Setting Performance Goals in the Context of Student Characteristics: The Case of The Major Field Test in Business (with F. William Brown and Richard J. Semenik), Journal of Education for Business, 87: 7 13, 2012 Alcohol Consumption and its Adverse Effects in Poland in Years 1950-2005, (with Zofia Mielecka-Kubien), Economics Research International, vol. 2011, May 2011 What Determines Excise Tax Rates?, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 27(1): 63-85, 2009 Erratum to: Sufficiency in Blackwell s theorem, Mathematical Social Sciences 58(1), July 2009 Alcohol Prices, Consumption and Traffic Fatalities (with Douglas J. Young), Southern Economic Journal 72(3), January 2006 Sufficiency in Blackwell s theorem, Mathematical Social Sciences 46(1), August 2003 Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Prices and Measurement Error (with Douglas J. Young), Journal of Studies on Alcohol 64 (2), March 2003 Alcohol Taxes and Beverage Prices, (with Douglas J. Young), National Tax Journal LV-1: 57-74, March 2002 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS When do states change beer excise taxes? (with W. R. Ponicki and Douglas J. Young) Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research 31(6), 2007 RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW As Compared to What? Characteristics of the AACSB Institutions That Utilize the Major Field Test in Business, (with F. William Brown), Journal of Education for Business, R&R Should Men and Women Start Companies Together? The Impact of Team Diversity on Startup Success,(with Scott Bryant and Brent Rosso), submitted to the Academy of Management Conference 2014 Impact of Writing Proficiency and Writing Center Participation on Retention of Freshman Seminar Students, Higher Education Effects of States Higher Education Policies and R&D Credits on Entrepreneurship s R&D, Journal of Small Business Management Do football teams learn from changing coaches? A test of the deceleration hypothesis, Economics & Finance Research WORKING PAPERS Kwapisz CV, Page 2
Interactive Tools to Assist Positive Behavioral Change (with C. Graham Austin) Critical Thinking and Business Major. (with F. William Brown) E-service Process Attributes and Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty CERTIFICATIONS Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification, 2013 Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean/DFSS Certifications, 2012 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Individual Research Study (Mgmt 490R) Montana State University, Bozeman Business Research Methods (BMGT 240) Montana State University, Bozeman First Year Seminar (BGEN 194) Montana State University, Bozeman Managerial Accounting (BUS 222) Montana State University, Bozeman Public Finance (Econ 320) - Montana State University, Bozeman Intermediate Macroeconomics (Econ 302) - Montana State University, Bozeman Introductory Microeconomic Theory (Econ 201) - Montana State University, Bozeman Principles of Economics (undergraduate) - State University of New York at Stony Brook Computer Programming and Information Systems (graduate) - University of Gdansk, College of Business, Poland RESEARCH SUPPORT MSU Retention Initiative 2011 grant, Role: Co-investigator ($10,000; 2011) 2013-2007 Summer Research Grants, College of Business Summer 2010, 2012 Bracken Faculty Professional Development Grant National Academy of Sciences Alcohol Policy - The U.S. and Poland (Z3160; $20,000) Role: PI, 2003-2007 National Institutes of Health Taxes, Prices, Consumption, and Traffic Fatalities (R03; $140,000) Role: Co-Investigator, 2001-2003 SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Service to College Member of the College of Business, MSU, Assurance of Learning Committee, 2010-present Member of the COB Research Productivity Task Force, 2013 Analyzed Data on Grade Inflation in the College, December 2013 Kwapisz CV, Page 3
Organizer and leader of the MSU COB Research Group Administrator and organizer of the COB Teaching Blog Service to University Mentor for new MSU tenure track faculty members (2008 - present) Service to Academic Community Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Management and Finance, Poland Referee for Academy of Management Learning & Education, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Journal of Economic Theory, Southern Economic Journal, Public Finance Review, Economic Inquiry, Contemporary Economic Policy, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, B.E. Journal of Economics, Public Budgeting & Finance, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Reviews on Global Economics Textbook reviewer o Visualizing Business Statistics ; John Wiley & Sons. o R Data Analysis with lessr Enhancements: Less Coding for More Results by D.W. Gerbing o Public Finance and Public Policy by Jonathan Gruber o Microeconomics by R.G. Hubbard and A.P O Brien o Research Methods and Statistics for Business by Lussier Service to Community Volunteer, Bridger Ski Foundation PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT Design Thinking for Business Innovation; Online Course; University of Virginia; Darden Graduate school of Business; Statement of Accomplishment January 2014 Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship; Online Course; University of Maryland, College Park; Statement of Accomplishment December 2013 Technology Entrepreneurship; Online Course; Statement of Accomplishment; Stanford University; February 2013 Startup Boards: Advanced Entrepreneurship; Online Course; Statement of Accomplishment; Stanford University; February 2013 A Crash Course on Creativity; Online Course; Statement of Accomplishment; Stanford University; January 2013 An Introduction to Operations Management; Online Course; Statement of Accomplishment with Distinction; The Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania; December 2012 Gamification; Online Course; Statement of Accomplishment; The Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania; October 2012 Game Theory; Online Course; Statement of Accomplishment; Stanford University; May 2012 Kwapisz CV, Page 4
PAPERS PRESENTED AND INVITED TALKS Software Applications Course as an Early Indicator of Academic Performance (with Harry C. Benham and F. William Brown), International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2012 The Major Field Test Business Assessment of Learning: What we Know, What We Don t (with F. William Brown), 2012 Global Business & International Management Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, August 2012. Differential Gender Performance on the Major Field Test-Business (with F. William Brown), The 11th International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB) Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2011. The Impact of Intellectual Diversity On Academic Performance (with F. William Brown), Global Business Development Institute s 14th International Conference for Business and Economics, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2011 Is Higher Better? Determinants and Comparisons of Performance on the Major Field Test-Business, the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada. (with Brown F.W. & Semenik R.J.), August, 2010 Interpreting Standardized Assessment Test Scores and Setting Performance Goals in the Context of Student Characteristics: The Case of The Major Field Test in Business (with F. William Brown and Richard J. Semenik) 2010 Global Business & International Management Conference, Portland, OR, August, 2010 The Impact of Intellectual Diversity On Academic Performance In Student Cohorts (with F. William Brown) the annual meeting of the International Academy of Business And Public Administration Disciplines, New Orleans, LA, October 2010 Collaboration and Performance in Finance Research, University of Gdansk, Poland, Summer 2007 (invited talk) When Do States Change Beer Excise Taxes? Ponicki, W.R., Bielinska-Kwapisz, A., and Young, D.J. (2007) Research Society on Alcohol Annual Scientific Meeting; Chicago, July 2007 When Do States Change Excise Taxes?, Polish Banking Academy, Gdansk, Poland, Summer 2005 (invited talk) The U.S. Tax System and Excise Taxes, University of Gdansk, Poland, Summer 2005 (invited talk) Alcohol Prices, Consumption and Youth Traffic Fatalities, the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, Riverside, California, May 2005, (with Douglas J. Young) When Do States Change Alcohol Taxes?, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana 2004 Sufficiency in Blackwell s theorem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana 2002 Substitution Effects Between Beer, Wine, and Spirits an AIDS System Approach, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Bozeman, Montana, 2001 Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Prices, and Measurement Error, annual meeting of the Western Economics Association, San Francisco, July 2001, (with Douglas J. Young) Kwapisz CV, Page 5
Alcohol Taxes and Beverage Prices, annual meeting of the Western Economics Association, San Diego, CA, July 1999, (with Douglas J. Young) AWARDS 2014 Award for Excellence, Montana State University Alumni Foundation and the Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Reviewer, 2012, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management 2012 MSU College of Business Merit Pay Award Winner of the 2007 MSU President s Excellence in Teaching Award Nominated for the 2011 and 2007 MSU James and Mary Ross Provost s Award for Excellence Nominated for the 2011, 2009, 2006, and 2008 MSU President s Excellence in Teaching Award Graduate Academic Scholarship, State University of New York, 1995 Graduate Academic Scholarship, Georgia State University, 1996-1997 Student Scholarship, Mathematics Department, Gdansk University, 1989-1993 Bozeman s Most Deserving Mom, 2012 :) OTHER INFORMATION U.S. Citizen Computer Skills: Familiarity with both MS Windows and Unix operating systems. Extensive experience with statistical packages including R, EViews, Limdep, and Gauss. Hobbies: skiing, windsurfing, biking, hiking, climbing Kwapisz CV, Page 6